Machine for securing handles to baskets



Aug. 10 1926. 1,595,868

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Patented Aug. 10, 1926.

CHARLES L. RICKENBRQDE, OFhI-PLEY, NEW YORK.

"MACHINETORSECURING HANDLES"TO'BASKETS.

Application filed October 18, 1924. SeriaI No. 744 481.

My invention relates to aunacliine for putting: wire handles on baskets as for instance on-the xbasketsusually employed for containing grapes.

The general object of my invention is to provide a practical and simple machine having means to support the basket and to hold the handle as well as means to cause the handle terminals to be secured t'o the basket adjacent the rim and clinched iii-position.

The nature of my invention and itsdistinguishing features and advantages will clearly appear as the description proceeds.

Reference isto be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, it being understood that the drawings are merely illustrative of one example oftheiinvention.

Figure "1 is a sideelevation of the machine showing-the basket in position in vertical section and with-the handle emplacechthat is, before being secured to the basket;

Figure 2 is'a View similarto Figure l'but with the ihandle in fastened position and the securing means in position occupied by them in'the securing-ofthe handle;

Figure is a fragmentary plan view showing a portion of the machine and with the parts in the positions occupied thereby when the handle is first placed in the machine;

Figured is-an elevation of the lower portion-of the machine omitted from Figures In carrying out-my invention in accordance with the illustrated example, a suitable-frame is provided, here shown assupported on legs 11 to which treadle '12 is held by a clamp yoke 13,'the treadle having a connecting rod-l l pivoted at its lower end to said treadle. The upper end of the connecting rod 1 1 is secured "to a retractile spring 15 and secured at its opposite end as at 16 to frame 10 so that after each depression of the treadle 12 and connecting rod 14c, said spring1'5 will lift the connecting rod and treadle.

The basket A to which the handle at B is adapted to be secured is placedupside down on the top of the frame "10. Basket -retainers'are provided in'the'form ofsli-ghtly inclined standards 17, each rising from a separate wire base 18 secured bya screw 19 so thatthe basket is retained in positionon the top .ofthe frame '10 and prevented'by the stan'dards '17 from displacement along said uframe;

ffiwingableielements 20 carry the ends of the handle Bxto the basket A and serve to force the "pointed ends 6 of said handle 7 through the amaterialofthe basket from the inside-Ito the outside ends or through the medium of -rockalole clincher where the protruding spur-s b of thehandles are clinched elements hereinafter referred to.

As the elements for securing the :handle B atieach si'deiof thebasket are the same, it

will suflice tod'escribe 'onelassemblage. Each sW-ingable velement 20 is pivoted between its ends :as at21 to the frame 10 'and the outerrendof the element 20 is pivoted as at ment 20 :is curved outwardly as at 125 and formed with azseat 26 for that portion :of the :handle B adjacent the pointed terminal 5. Near the :inner end of element 20 :a

lateral pin 27 is provided thereon. The

relation of th'ezseat 26' and pin 27 is such that a side member or standard of the handle :13 is held :to the element 20 by said seat and-said :pi'n so that iwith' a :movement of the lever 20 thesideofthe'handle .B-will be "flexed and the pointed terminal I; will be carried to the "basket A at the rim and caused to pass through said rimito cause the end 6 to protrude at the outside o'f' the basket.

A rockable clincher element 28 is provided to coac't with each swingable element '20. Said element 28 at eachside of the machine is pivotedat its outer-end as at 29 and normally extends obliquely upward and inward. In the exam 'le shown, the element '28 is pivoted to a fi ameip'late 110 formed'withan arcuate slot 30. A pivot pin "31 "extends through the slot 3O thr0ugh' the rockable element 28 adjacent to the end opposite the pivot 29- a'nd through theupperend of a'link 82, the lower end of which is secured by a pivot pin or screw 132 to the element between the fulcrum 21 thereof and the outer end 22. On the frame 10 at the front below the adjacent ends of the swingable elements 20, a rest member is provided for the handle B to aid in positioning the same for the action thereon of the elements20. .The rest element may consist as shown of a lateral pin 33 on an arm 34: extending from a base 35 held by a clamp screw 36 to the face of frame 1O.v The numeral 37 indicates holes in the frame 10 and to secure the frame member 110 to the body of the framelO, screws 38 are employed topass through said holes and into the frame 10. Several holes 37 are provided to permit of the adjustment of the member 110 toward or from the basket seat on said frame 10. The inner end of the clincher element 28 is formed with a notch 39 as best seen in Figure 3 to accommodate the end Z) of handle B. j

In addition to the standards 17 for retaining. the basket, is provided a post 117 to be disposed at the exterior of the basket and advantageously rising above the standards 17. Said post 117 has a lateral foot 217to enter the frame 10 and to be held by a set screw 119.

IVith the above described construction, in

order to affix a handle B to the basket A, the basket is seated in inverted position on the frame 10 at the top with the basket retaining elements 17 at the interior thereof and the handle B is placed against the rest member 33 at the approximate. center of the handle. The sides of the handle are placed in position so that adjacent the extreme ends they will rest on the seats 26 and be engaged by the pins 27 The handles are formed with outward bends c a short distance from the pointed terminals 6. IVith thebasket and handle thus positioned, the treadle 12 is ,depressed, thereby carrying down the connecting rod 1 1- and the links 23 which will cause the outer ends of the swingable elements 20 to move downwardly, thus causingthe inner curved ends 25 to move upwardly in an arc to the rim of the basket A.

The movement of the arm 25 will cause the pointed terminals Z) of handle B to be forced through the material of the basket at the rim. Tl1e downward movement of the outer end of element 20 will through the link 32 draw down the clincher element 28 causing the same. to rock on itspivot- 29.

The timing of the movements of the elements 20 and the clincher element 28is such that said clincher element will be brought down and cause its inner end .to wipe over and benddownwardly the projecting end 6, said end entering the notch 39. When the clincher element 28 engages the terminal I) to clinch the same on the outside of the basket, the end 25 with seat 26 will act as an anvil to resist the pressure exerted by the element 28 in effecting the clinching action.

In the return stroke of the element 20 after the handle has been applied and clinched to the basket, the handle B slips from the pin 27 owing to the sides of the 1 claim 1; A machine for applying and securing handles to baskets and securing a frame, swingable elements mounted on said frame, said swingable elements having meansthereon to engage the sides of a handle, means to operate said swingable elements to carry the sides of the handle to the basket material and cause the ends of the handle to penetrate said material, rockable clincher elementsto engage the protruding ends of the handle and clinch the same, and links con-" necting the swingable elements with said rockable elements to actuate the latter after the terminals of the handle have been forced through the basket material.

2. A machine for applying and securing substantially U-shaped handles to baskets including a frame having a seat for an inverted basket, elements swingable on said frame andhaving ends disposed below the basket seat, said ends of said swingable elements having means to engage and hold the inwardly flexed arms of a handle whereby with the movement of said swingable elements the handles will be carried to the basket and the terminals of the handle forced through the basket material to protrude beyond the same at the outer side, and clincher means disposed outside the basket seating area and movable to clinch the terminals of the handle at the outer side of the basket after the terminals have been forced through the material by said swingable elements, a

8. In a machine for applying and securing substantially U-shaped wire handles to baskets, means for supporting a basket in inverted position, means on which a flexed handle is adapted to be emplaced, said means including devices engaging the arms of the handle to hold the same sprung inwardly to clear the basket as the handle is moved through the open mouth of the basket, and means for moving the first means laterally to carry the arms of the handle to the basket, and force the ends of the arms through the basket.

l. In a machine for applying and securing approximately U-shaped' handles to baskets, a pair of rocker arms for cooperatively supporting a handle with the arms thereof flexed inwardly, said rocker arms including anvil ends against Which the extremities of the arms rest, and including intermediate their ends, securing pins for holding the handles flexed and holding the ends of the arms against the anvils, means acting on the rocker arms to cause the same to separate the ends of the handle which they hold and force said ends from the inside outwardly through a basket.

5. A device of the class described in claim 4, and including clincher means and means connecting the clincher means to the rocker arms for causing synchronized movement of the clincher means and rocker arms to clinch the projecting ends'of the handle against the anvil ends of the rocker arms.

CHARLES L. RICKENBRODE. 

